We are the first multicultural and multidisciplinary geopolitical and geo-economic advisory firm based in the United States specializing in the US-China-Taiwan arena and related subject matters.
We are strategy-focused thinker-practitioners and problem solvers tackling issues and problems requiring a broad range of disciplines and expertise. We are dedicated to providing strategic insights and innovative approaches to help navigate a rapidly changing and connected global landscape with looming geo-political and geo-economic risks. We are nimble and we work closely with the policy community, the intellectuals as well as the business world.
A roadmap for boards and principals navigating the new Cold War — opportunities seized, risks contained.
Learn more →A working community of thinker-practitioners — convened, off the record, when the questions are still open.
Learn more →Integrated counsel for corporations and principals where business, family, and statecraft intersect.
Learn more →Direct mentorship from senior officials and strategists — history, philosophy, and judgment under pressure.
Learn more →The only US-based firm that navigates the full US–China–Taiwan triangle. Trusted by boards, family offices, and government clients who need unfiltered, principal-led insight — not consensus.
SouthRock brings together former senior government officials, leading columnists, and seasoned academic voices to deliver front-line analysis on the US–China–Taiwan triangle.
SouthRock occupies a trusted bridge position across the US, China, and Taiwan — providing Chinese institutions with first-hand situational judgment.
"Under what specific conditions could the dollar's primacy actually unravel? The Iran war is not the perfect storm — but it shows us the shape of one."
With the U.S.–Israel campaign against Iran winding down, Washington has bought itself meaningful strategic slack. The question is no longer whether the dollar can be challenged, but which combination of shocks — fiscal, energy, payments, alliance — would push it over.
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A scenario framework. Fiscal, energy, payments, alliance — and what would need to break in concert.
Wealth MagazineTen lessons. American expeditionary doctrine has changed. Taiwan's procurement plan should change with it.
China TimesA short-fused ultimatum, a Pakistani back-channel, and ten conditions on the table. Read in Beijing, the talks look very different.
Wealth MagazineA 40-minute conversation on what "Epic Fury" means for cross-Strait deterrence and Taipei's procurement debate.
YouTubeCited in a feature on Asia-Pacific deterrence. American expeditionary patterns are not coming to the Taiwan Strait.
Nikkei AsiaA briefing for an industry forum on where the next chokepoints are forming and who controls them.
SouthRock BriefingConfidential, principal-led advisory for boards, family offices, and government clients.
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